Desperate Putin Forced to Pull 1970s Tanks from 'Graveyard' as Modern Stocks Run Dry

[Aristus]

3. And with the Russians' meticulous, scrupulous attention to detail,

most of those tanks have been left out in the open, exposed to the elements for decades, rusting away, optics clouding over, rubber fittings getting dry-rot, gun barrels warping due to extreme temperature changes, all because some vodka-soaked Russian depot workers couldn't be bothered to do the bare minimum of storage maintenance and management.

With this batch they're sending into combat, I don't think we can look forward to any of them sending their turrets into orbit with one shot to the ammo carousel. They'll probably break down before they even get put onto the rail cars for shipping.